Nagpaka-stage mother nga ba si Beauty Gonzalez sa eight-year old daughter niyang si Olivia Crisologo na nag-acting debut sa pelikulang Paquil?
“Oo, medyo!” natatawang pag-amin ni Beauty sa eksklusibong panayam ng Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP.ph) nitong Marso 3, 2024, Linggo ng gabi, sa Café Emeterio sa Pakil, Laguna.
Sina Beauty at JM de Guzman ang mga bida sa pelikulang Paquil, sa direksyon ni Lem Lorca.
Gumanap si Olivia bilang batang Cristina, na paglaki ay siyang karakter ni Beauty.
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Dagdag ni Beauty, “Yeah, it was like… I thought, isang sequence lang, naging lima tuloy! Ha! Ha! Ha!”
Sabi ni Direk Lem, intense ang eksena ni Olivia with Leandro Baldemor, pero nagampanan nito nang maayos.
Pag-ayon ni Beauty, “Yeah, yun sagad. Parang na-overwhelm ako. Kasi, I didn’t know na kaya niyang gawin.
“Kasi parang sinasama ko lang siya sa taping, e. So dun, nung nag-first shoot with Direk, and I’m so thankful with the whole production because they really made it feel na naglalaro lang siya.
“So, hindi siya medyo na-pressure. Malaking bagay yon. Pero dun ko na-realize na she is observing pala what I’m doing.
“Kasi ang galing na niyang maghanap ng… parang magaling siyang maghanap ng kamera! Magpuwesto, hindi siya conscious.
“So, I realized hindi pa ako ready! Ha! Ha! Ha!”
May kapalit na siya?!
“Hindi naman sa may kapalit but, you know, parang gusto ko sanang ma-experience niya muna yung mag-school, high school,” pagmamatuwid ni Beauty.
“All of those things… she just turned 8, ginoo ko! So, pangkatuwaan lang, but apparently, gustung-gusto pala niya.
“So, isa iyon sa mga exciting moments for me sa film — to see my own daughter doing me as a young one.”
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BEAUTY'S COLLECTION OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS
Nasa Simbahan ng Pakil, Parokya ni San Pedro de Alcantara (St. Peter of Alcantara), ang dambana ng milagrosang Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Turumba (Our Lady of Sorrows of Turumba).
Nasilayan ni Direk Lem ang collection ni Beauty ng artworks ng Our Lady of Sorrows sa tahanan nito.
“Yeah, it’s not a secret to everyone. Well, mostly not to everyone pero I have my own collection of mga Dolorosa,” pagsisiwalat ni Beauty.
“I’m very close to Dolorosa. I don’t know for some reason, I just find beauty in Her pain. Yung parang the tears and everything.
“Nung nagbubuntis ako sa anak ko… mukha nga siyang Dolorosa in my eyes, kasi nagkaroon siya ng balat dito,” pagmumuwestra ni Beauty sa pisngi.
“So I don’t know, parang… sobrang fanatic lang ako. And then nung nabasa ko yung script — Dolorosa siya dito sa Turumba — and of course the story itself is really beautiful.
“Bonus na yon na Lady of Sorrows si Turumba and everything like that. But it’s the script that really keeps me moving, and keeps me going.”
Bago siya nagsyuting ng Paquil, may ideya na ba siya sa Turumba ng Pakil?
“No, I have no idea. In fact before pumupunta ako sa Laguna, hanggang San Pablo lang ako, because dun yung work ko before,” saad ni Beauty.
“And nandun si Patis Tesoro, which is very close to me. So, lagi lang ako dun na banda. Dito lang ako napadpad.
“And it’s really beautiful here. It’s kinda like Vigan na maraming old houses and old churches, and I just love the culture.
“You can see na back in the days, it was really somerhing here, with all the resorts and everything, and it’s still going on.
“And nakaka-amaze. Every time I go here, parang may miracle talaga yung Turumba na yon. Sobra!”
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TURUMBA NG PAKIL PROCESSION
Napanood na ba niya ang prusisyon ng Turumba sa Pakil, kung saan umaawit at sumasayaw ang mga deboto habang nagpupuri sa Birheng Maria?
“Before I started the film, I did my own ocular. Pumunta ako dito with my husband. I went to the church,” pagtatapat ni Beauty.
“Hindi alam ng production. I just did my own assignment, and for some reason, no bullshit… umiyak ako!
“Sabi ko, ‘Sh*t! Ano itong nararamdaman ko?’ But it felt good na iyak. It felt good na iyak, parang it just felt right to cry at that moment.
“And I don’t know, I can’t explain it. Those are the things that you just can’t explain why.
“And everybody here is mabait. Like, I remember I was eating in Pagsanjan, may nagbigay sa akin ng mga clothes galing sa damit ng Turumba.
“Hindi ko alam na andami palang nagkokolekta nun. First time akong binigyan, umiyak ako.
“Sabi ko, ‘Ambait mo naman.’ Kasi alam ko, mahirap kumuha nung damit na yun, e. In fact it’s still in my wallet right now, yung first ko na natanggap.
“And everbody’s nice in Laguna. Andami nilang binigay sa akin na mga clothes which I shared to all of my friends. I wanna come back here.”
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MIRACLE IN BEAUTY'S LIFE AND CAREER
Maganda ang takbo ng kanyang career, maging ang kanyang personal na buhay. Nangangailangan pa ba siya ng miracle?
Mabilis na tugon ni Beauty, “Well, yes, I do need miracles in my life coz it may look like good in the outside, but I have also… I’m not OK with my mom.
“But, you know, every day, I keep telling na, ‘Mom, I know someday, you’ll talk to me. Someday we’ll be OK.’
“I just wait for the right time, and that’s a miracle. Hopefully, mangyari yon.”
Anong mensahe ang ibig niyang iparating sa mga manonood ng pelikulang Paquil? Sabi ni Direk Lem, maa-appreciate talaga ito ng mga deboto.
Napangiti si Beauty, “Yes! Ako kasi, it’s very human nature for us to believe on something.
“Sakit sa ating mga tao na kailangan natin, kahit ano pa iyang bagay, o kahit ano pa iyang something, you believe on it, and you’ll get better.
“And I hope, one day when they watch this film, they’ll feel better about it. It’s hard to say, e. So tama yung sinasabi ni Direk…
“Some people say kasi, nakakatakot mamatay. Para sa akin, hindi nakakatakot mamatay.
“Coz when you’re dying, you get to reflect about your life. How you lived your life, how good was it, did you get to do everything?
“So for me, that is not scary. It’s a beautiful thing.”
Nahirapan ba siyang i-internalize iyon sa karakter niya sa Paquil?
“No, coz I’m not afraid to die.”